Beigh, Yasir Afzal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2814-9179
Ahmad, Haidar Ali
Khan, Azmat Alam
Haq, Zulfiqarul
Shafi, Majid
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (JKST&IC/SRE/616-20)
Article History
Received: 28 August 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors confirm that the ethical policies of the journal, as noted on the journal’s author guidelines page, have been adhered to and the appropriate ethical review committee approval from the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee of Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir has been received vide no. Au/FVSc/Certific/24/PS-24/973 − 81; Dt: 28-06-2024. The US National Research Council’s guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals were followed.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.